A 30-year-old Lubbock man is accused of biting off more than he could chew

A 30-year-old Lubbock man is accused of biting off more than he could chew during an encounter with Lubbock police officers earlier this month.

Police say Bobby Button bit and spit on three police officers responding to an Aug. 5 disturbance at the McDonald’s at 8011 Slide Road, according to court records.

A Lubbock County grand jury indicted Button for two counts of aggravated assault against a public servant and two counts of harassment of a public servant. Both charges are third-degree felonies.

Button is being held at the Lubbock County Detention Center, according to jail records. His bond is set at $3,500 for the aggravated assault against a public servant charges and $2,500 for the harassment charges.

Investigators believe Button, who was being arrested for an assault, bit officers Jennifer Breazeale and Carlos Pizana, then spit on both officers and a third officer, Joshua Conklin, according to the indictment.

According to court records, Button pleaded guilty in 2010 to a second-degree felony aggravated assault charge. The charge stemmed from a 2009 incident during which he threatened a man with a knife. He was sentenced to three years in prison.

Third-degree felonies carry punishments including a prison sentence between two to 10 years.